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  • Shades of yellow and brown coloured cotton threads are seen in an open drawer used by couturier Margaret Howell is displayed in the company's workshop in Edmonton, North London. England. They lies diagonally, as flat neighbouring tones and ready for use in the many fine garments manufactured in this small factory. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • An employee of British couturier Margaret Howell models a simple white top in the company's retail flagship and design studio at 34 Wigmore Street, Central London England. In a back rooom studio workshop, the group of 5 staff with Margaret Howell in the middle, they dicsuss the positives of the garment that is considered for a forthcoming collection. Racks of clothes are in the background and they sit around a trestle table. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • A detail showing the fine stitching of a cotton dress by couturier Margaret Howell in the company's workshop factory in Edmonton, North London. England. In close-up, the eye is drawn into the centre of focus where the buttons are held in a criss-cross stich in its four holes. There are pins in this still prototype design as it evolves from an idea on paper to an actual garment. The fine check pattern of its fabric is beautifully sewn together in this fine and intricate dress. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • A garment tailor works with mannequins in the design studio at couturier Margaret Howell's Edmonton workshop factory
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  • A beautifully simple white cotton shirt by couturier Margaret Howell is displayed in the company's workshop factory in Edmonton, North London. England. Ironed without creases, the garment has been set on a dress making tailor's dummy made by Kennett and Lindsell of Romford Essex. The pure white shirt is seen against a similarly-toned white wall and lit by daylight. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • A meeting takes place to discuss fabrics for the next fashion show at British couturier Margaret Howell's Wigmore Street studio
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  • A detail showing the fine stitching of a cotton dress in the design studio at couturier Margaret Howell's workshop factory
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  • British couturier Margaret Howell holds a meeting takes place to discuss fabrics for the next fashion show at her studio
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  • A simple white cotton shirt set on a dressmaker's tailoring dummy in the design studio at couturier Margaret Howell's workshop
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  • Make-up and hair stylists ready models at British couture designer Margaret Howell's Autumn fashion show in her design studio
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  • Mixed gender office with men working alongside ladies wearing the hejab at Fisheries Ministry of the Maldives government
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  • A veiled Muslim lady passes European men at security barriers of an auditing company's London headquarters
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  • A Japanese buyer watches a male model walk the catwalk of couturier Margaret Howell's Fashion Week show rehearsal in the company's retail flagship and design studio at 34 Wigmore Street, Central London England. Making notes on his clipboard as he looks at the striding man, the audience has yet to arrive so we see a largely empty scene that usually  serves as a shop. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • A lady wearing a Hejab sits among Western ethnic fashion mannequins in a womens' clothes shop in Manama City, Bahrain.
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  • Girl model rehearses before design team before British couture designer Margaret Howell's Autumn fashion show in design studio
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  • Girl model rehearses with bottled water at British couture designer Margaret Howell's Autumn fashion show in design studio
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  • Make-up and hair stylists ready models at British couture designer Margaret Howell's Autumn fashion show in her design studio
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  • Young cashier wearing the hejab awaits customers at the state-run MIFCO exporting 100% Maldivian seafoods to Europe and Asia .
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  • A young Muslim fisherman's wife smiles while sitting on the bed of her rented bungalow on Himmafushi factory island, Maldives.
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  • A young Muslim fisherman's wife smiles while sitting on the bed of her rented bungalow on Himmafushi factory island, Maldives..
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  • Young cashier wearing the hejab awaits customers at the state-run MIFCO exporting 100% Maldivian seafoods to Europe and Asia .
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  • A male model starts his walk on the catwalk of couturier Margaret Howell's Fashion Week show rehearsal in the company's retail flagship and design studio at 34 Wigmore Street, Central London England. With a duster and spray cleaning agent in the foreground, the young man walks, as if having emerged through the wall. Bottles of bottled mineral water await their users but the fashion show's audience have yet to arrive. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • Make-up and hair stylists ready a model before the couturier Margaret Howell's Fashion Week show in the company's retail flagship and design studio at 34 Wigmore Street, Central London England. The young beauty has her lips dabbed with tissue to stop her lipstick from smudging. The hairdresser pins her braided hair in a whirl on her head and in the background, other freelance stylists busy themselves in the frantically busy room to get the show on the road. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • Detail of a seamstress runs up garments on a sewing machine at couturier Margaret Howell's Edmonton workshop factory
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  • A seamstress runs up garments on a sewing machine at couturier Margaret Howell's Edmonton workshop factory
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  • A seamstress runs up garments on a sewing machine at couturier Margaret Howell's Edmonton workshop factory
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  • Garment production order form and pins in the design studio at couturier Margaret Howell's Edmonton workshop factory
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  • A detail of a priest's Alb (outer garment) after Mass was held held in a local rural Catholic church, on 15th October 1997, in Neubourg, Normandy, France
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  • Red wedding dress on a mannequin stands in the window of couture retailer Vera Wang on Brook street, Mayfair, London.
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  • Red wedding dress on a mannequin stands in the window of couture retailer Vera Wang on Brook street, Mayfair, London.
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  • Red wedding dress on a mannequin stands in the window of couture retailer Vera Wang on Brook street, Mayfair, London.
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  • A t-shirt salesman stands awaiting custom at Hut Box, in Dover Street Market, Dover Street London, designed by Rei Kawakubo, it was launched in January 2007. .The HUT BOX opens in the entrance lobby at DSM, selling both perennial and special items from Comme des Garçons. To celebrate the launch they display a series of products featuring Oswald 'The Lucky Rabbit', the first ever Disney character created in 1927.
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  • Detail showing the fine stiching of a cotton dress in the design studio at couturier Margaret Howell's Edmonton workshop factory
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  • Fine cloth cutting with scissors using a template pattern in the design studio at couturier Margaret Howell's workshop factory
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  • Garments hanging on a hook in the Sacristy (or vestry) of a local Cathoic church.
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  • A man walks past the window of London Fashion Workrooms, a  on 4th December 2017, in London England. Established in 1892 as a formalwear manufacturer, The London Fashion Workrooms branched into alterations in the 1970s. The first large fashion workroom was launched in 1997 specifically to service the shops and boutiques of London’s west end. Based in Covent Garden with a 4000 square foot purpose built unit, we presently provide garment alteration services to 38 high-end London stores and many private clients. With 20 tailors on site we have the skills and personnel necessary to provide a one-stop service for all your needs.
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  • A 17 year-old girl studying A-Level Textiles, makes her own garment, using a family sewing machine.
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  • A 17 year-old girl studying A-Level Textiles, makes her own garment, using a family sewing machine.
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  • A 17 year-old girl studying A-Level Textiles, makes her own garment, using a family sewing machine.
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  • In the Villa of the Vettii in Pompeii we see a fresco in the lararium where a shrine to Roman guardian spirits of the household was situated. Family members performed daily rituals here to guarantee their protection by these domestic spirits. The first two characters are the deeply venerated 'lares' (presumed sons of Mercury and Lara) depicted as two young men in dancing postures, holding drinking horns that guaranteed prosperity. In the centre is the 'genius'. She is another guardian and fertility spirit ensuring the family line (gens) would continue and she wears the 'toga praetexta', bordered in purple, the garment of high-ranking Roman magistrates. Painted before the catastrophic eruption of Versuvius in AD79, these frescoes have been uncovered from metre-layers of volcanic ash and pumice but are now fading from moisture and cracked plaster...
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